The top picture above shows a new pipe and control valve being lowered from a mobile crane to be fitted over the ten inch pipe of the deepest Wairakei bore yet drilled. The lower picture shows a later stage in the Job, with the new pipe successfully over the original one and steam pouring through it. The original valve controlling the bore could not be fully closed. See adjoining column.
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Taupo Times, Volume II, Issue 71, 27 May 1953, Page 1
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70The top picture above shows a new pipe and control valve being lowered from a mobile crane to be fitted over the ten inch pipe of the deepest Wairakei bore yet drilled. The lower picture shows a later stage in the Job, with the new pipe successfully over the original one and steam pouring through it. The original valve controlling the bore could not be fully closed. See adjoining column. Taupo Times, Volume II, Issue 71, 27 May 1953, Page 1
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